Kate Winslet has said that it is "really sad" to see young women agreeing to plastic surgery.

The actress - who recently separated from husband Sam Mendes - told The Times that she cannot understand why people are so eager to change their looks.

"I think plastic surgery is terrifying," said Winslet, mother to daughter Mia, 9, and son Joe, 6. "[It's] out of control. It makes me really sad, especially when you see younger women altering their faces."

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She went on to suggest that beauty magazines are responsible for foisting an unrealistic image of women onto young girls, and so limits the media that her children are exposed to.